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This Is Not Good Enough
Tweet Follow @RPJblog By Jason Michael MANY ON THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC, no doubt, will say this is none of their business; that what is right now happening on the streets of cities right across the United States is not their concern, that they have enough to worry about in their own country – especially in the middle of lockdown, in the midst of a global pandemic. Sure, part of me understands this. Some of those I have spoken…
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Michael Russell: Holyrood isn’t perfect but it’s closer than Westminster
THE early months of the Scottish Parliament after it reconvened in May 1999 were busy ones for the rookie parliamentary business managers.
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Michael Russell: Holyrood isn’t perfect but it’s closer than Westminster

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The Unionists are crumbling … and they know it as panic sets in
I FIND myself wondering whether they may – just – be beginning to panic. We’re not dealing with a case of the full Kermits. Not yet. For now, the reaction is limited to just a little flailing. But like a spider’s web trembling in a gentle morning breeze, the tremors are small but perceptibly there, the pattern of rising anxiety unmistakable. Since the UK Government’s ratings began to tank over its handling of Covid-19, Scotland’s Unionist diehards have begun to…
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Coronavirus boosts confidence in an independent Scotland
A NEW survey has revealed that 59% of Scots are now more convinced that Scotland will be well-governed if it becomes an independent country than they were before the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus boosts confidence in an independent Scotland

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Tom Devine on his landmark book: The Scottish Nation
A LANDMARK book credited for having a transformative role in Scotland has reached sales of 100,000 in the UK alone.
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Tom Devine on his landmark book: The Scottish Nation

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James Kelly: How the polls show a perfect storm for Unionism
IN recent weeks there has been polling suggesting that the Scottish Government has become a more trusted source of information on the pandemic than any broadcaster or newspaper.
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James Kelly: How the polls show a perfect storm for Unionism

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Bella Caledonia
Now They Speak, You Listen
Ako Zada from ‘Kurdish Community Scotland’ helped in producing the audio clips, translating from Kurdish and communicating with the asylum seekers. Karmand Ali also helped with few parts of the translation. [The following report consists of two parts. The second will be published in the upcoming week. The first report is focusing on the asylum […]
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Now They Speak, You Listen

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The Old World is Dying
Brutally honest and challenging, D.P. Hunter’s Chav Solidarity explores both co-operation and power dynamics. By Luke Campbell. With thanks to Andreea Mihut, Chloe McLean, Marieke Gortemaker, and Mike Small. _________________________________________ Largely autobiographical, Hunter’s collection of non-chronologically presented essays draw upon his own experience, from being a recipient of the care system and a survivor of […]
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The Old World is Dying

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Scottish Labour to campaign for home rule, but not indyref2
SCOTTISH Labour announced today that they would be campaigning for “home rule, devolution, and democratic advance” at the next Holyrood election, after a meeting of the party executive.
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Scottish Labour to campaign for home rule, but not indyref2

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Scottish Labour demand Covid-19 hospital infections inquiry
AN independent investigation must be launched into the spread of coronavirus in hospitals after it emerged more than 900 patients were infected while in for other treatment.
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Scottish Labour demand Covid-19 hospital infections inquiry

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Bella Caledonia
When I Needed a Neighbour
When I needed a neighbour. Were you there, were you there? When I needed a neighbour. Were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name won’t matter Were you there? Sydney Carter, the English singer songwriter and poet – conscientious objector in World War II and committed pacificist – wrote this song, […]
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When I Needed a Neighbour

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AUOB blasts fake account for tweets about Black Lives Matter protest
ALL Under One Banner has condemned a fake account which suggested the organisation wanted to turn a Black Lives Matter protest into a pro- independence event.
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AUOB blasts fake account for tweets about Black Lives Matter protest

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Changing their minds
It’s a tough gig being the branch officer manager of the Labour party in Scotland. Poor Rumbold Leakbladder, there he goes penning an article in the Record insisting that there’s no appetite in Scotland for independence because he’s got Ian Murray breathing down his neck in thon union jack jaiket, and an opinion poll comes out later the very same day that shows there’s majority support for independence – again. There have been six reputable opinion polls this year asking…
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Changing their minds

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There is much to be considered when it comes to the future
AT 78 years of age, I feel that I have left my past life and entered a new one, as it is not generally the view that life after Covid-19 will not be as previously lived.
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There is much to be considered when it comes to the future

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There are still many in denial at UK Government’s awful arrogance
AT the latest FMQs, Jackson Carlaw and Richard Leonard again lined up in apparent support of private care home bosses to hypocritically criticise the First Minister and the Scottish Government for essentially following a UK-wide approach of accelerated early discharge from hospitals ahead of an anticipated huge spike of NHS patients suffering from Covid-19.
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There are still many in denial at UK Government’s awful arrogance